In addition, 69 percent of voters said they were unhappy with the administration's handling of snow removal this winter.

The university's pollsters interviewed 1,115 registered voters by phone on March 8-14. The poll has a margin of error of plus or minus 2.9 percentage points.

Bloomberg's were the lowest results of any elected citywide official. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio had a 44 - 16 percent approval rating while the numbers were 54 - 16 percent for City Comptroller John Liu and 55 - 25 percent for City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.